Banja Luka Open: Gasquet books spot in second round

Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the No 7 seed, reached the second round of the Banja Luka Open by winning against Croat qualifier Dino Prizmic 6-3, 6-1 at the Tennis Klub Mladost on Tuesday.

Gasquet, ranked No 42, will play the winner of the match between Bosnian wildcard Damir Dzumhur and lucky loser Liam Broady next.

Banja Luka ATP250, other first-round results (Tennis Klub Mladost, clay, EUR 562.815, most recent results first):

• Gael Monfils vs. Jiri Lehecka
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Hugo Gaston
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Liam Broady
• Hamad Medjedovic vs. Gregoire Barrere: tuesday
• Radu Albot (Q) beat Federico Coria: 6-4 ret.
• Dusan Lajovic beat Filip Krajinovic: 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Roman Safiullin: 6-4, 6-2
• Abedallah Shelbayh (Q) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• Alex Molcan beat Taro Daniel: 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Luca Van Assche beat Stan Wawrinka: 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Alexei Popyrin beat Tallon Griekspoor (5): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4)